[Footnote T20: See note to this line.] [Footnote T21: MS. "preson{ er}ere."] [Footnote T22: Read "with" (?).]
++And he aroß and [s]alu[s]t Curta[s]ly [Fol. 12b.] [Sidenote: Lancelot beseeches her to appoint his ransom,] The lady, and [s]aid, "madem, her I, 920 Your pre[s]oner, be[s]ekith yow that [gh]he Wold mer[s]y and compa[s][s]ione have of me, And mak the ran[s]one wich that I may yeif; I wai[s]t my tyme in presou{ n}e thus to leife. 924 For why I her on be report be told, That arthur, with the flour of his hou[s]holde, Is cu{ m}myne here, and in this cuntre lyis, And [s]tant In danger of his ennemyis, 928 And haith a[s][s]emblit; and eft this [s]halt bee Within [s]hort tyme one new a[s][s]emblee. Thar-for, my lady, y youe g{ ra}ce be[s]ech, That I mycht pas, my Ran[s]on for to fech; 932 [Sidenote: presuming that some of Arthur's knights will pay it.] Fore I p{ re}[s]ume thar longith to that [s]ort That louid me, and [s]hal my nede [s]upport."
++"Shire kny{ ch}t, It [s]tant no{ ch}t in [s]ich dugree; [Sidenote: She replies that she does not want a ransom, but has imprisoned him for his guilt.] It is no ran[s]one wich that cau[s]ith me 936 To holden yow, or don yow [s]ich offens; It is your gilt, It is your wiolens, Whar-of that I de[s]ir no thing but law, W{ i}t{ h}out report your awñ tre[s]pas to knaw." 940 "Madem, your ple[s]ance may ye wel fulfill Of me, that am in p{ re}[s]one at your will. [Sidenote: He prays for pardon,] Bot of that gilt, I was for til excuß, For that I did of werrey nede behwß, 944 It tuechit to my honore and my fame; I mycht no{ ch}t lefe It but hurting of my nam, And ek the knycht was mor to blam than I. But ye, my lady, of your curte[s][s]y, 948 Wold [gh]e deden my Ransou{ n}e to re[s]aue, [Sidenote: and begs for liberty:] Of pre[s]one [s]o I my libertee myght haue, Y ware [gh]olde eu{ er}more [to be] your knyght, Whill that I leif, w{ i}t{ h} al my holl myght. 952 And if [s]o be ye lykith not to ma [Sidenote: or at least to be allowed to go to the next battle,] My ra{ n}[s]one, [madem,] if me leif to ga To the a[s][s]emble, wich [s]al be of new; [Sidenote: under a promise to return at night.] And as that I am feithful kny{ ch}t { and} trew, 956 At ny{ ch}t to yow I ent{ er} [s]hall a[gh]aine, But if that deth or other lat c{ er}tañ, Throw wich I [may] have [s]uch Impediment, That I be hold,[T23] magre myne entent." 960 [Fol. 13.]